Robin, de la Societe des Inventions de France The rectangular case with caddy top surmounted by an ormolu eagle, its feathers finely cast and chiselled, one claw raised on a thunderbolt, each corner with an equally crisply cast berry finial over glazed sides on a plinth base and block feet, the 4 inch signed white enamel dial with concentric date enclosing the Arabic quarters and Roman hours, with moon hands in a cast bezel, set over a lattice engraved ormolu panel centred by the rotating painted and engraved moon-phase, the movement with circular brass plates, signed across the backplate 'Robin aux Galeries du Louvre a Paris', with silk suspension and outside countwheel strike on a bell 34cms (13.5ins) high.

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